| Race details | |||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Dates | 5 April 1981 | ||||||||||||
| Stages | 1 | ||||||||||||
| Distance | 267 km (165.9 mi) | ||||||||||||
| Winning time | 6h 32' 37" | ||||||||||||
| Results | |||||||||||||
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The 65th running of the Tour of Flanders cycling classic was held on Sunday, 5 April 1981. Dutch rider Hennie Kuiper claimed a solo victory ahead of his fellow Dutchmen Frits Pirard and Jan Raas. [1] [2] 45 of 184 riders finished. [3]
The race started in Sint Niklaas and finished in Meerbeke ( Ninove) – covering 267 km. There were 11 categorized climbs: [1]
| Rank | Rider | Team | Time |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 
Hennie Kuiper (
NED)
|
Daf Trucks–Cote d'Or–Gazelle | 6h 32' 37" |
| 2 |
Frits Pirard (
NED)
|
Boule d'Or–Sunair–Colnago | + 1' 03" |
| 3 |
Jan Raas (
NED)
|
TI–Raleigh–Creda | + 1' 06" |
| 4 | 
Jacques Bossis (
FRA)
|
Peugeot–Esso–Michelin | s.t. |
| 5 | 
Jean-Luc Vandenbroucke (
BEL)
|
La Redoute–Motobecane | s.t. |
| 6 |
Roger De Vlaeminck (
BEL)
|
Daf Trucks–Cote d'Or–Gazelle | + 1' 13" |
| 7 |
Fons De Wolf (
BEL)
|
Vermeer Thijs–Mimo Salons–Gios | s.t. |
| 8 | 
Sean Kelly (
IRL)
|
Splendor–Wickes | s.t. |
| 9 | 
Stefan Mutter (
SUI)
|
Cilo–Aufina | s.t. |
| 10 |
Daniel Willems (
BEL)
|
Capri Sonne–Koga Miyata | s.t. |
- ^ a b Vanwalleghem, Rik (1991), De Ronde van Vlaanderen, Pinguin, Belgium, ISBN 90-73322-02-2, p 182
- ^ "Ronde van Vlaanderen 1981". siteducyclisme.net (in French). Retrieved 7 March 2016.
- ^ McGann, Bill; McGann, Carol. "1981 Ronde van Vlaanderen results". BikeRaceInfo. Cherokee Village, AR: McGann Publishing. Retrieved 7 March 2016.
- Video of the 1981 Tour of Flanders Archived 2015-09-30 at the Wayback Machine on Sporza (in Dutch)
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| Race details | |||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Dates | 5 April 1981 | ||||||||||||
| Stages | 1 | ||||||||||||
| Distance | 267 km (165.9 mi) | ||||||||||||
| Winning time | 6h 32' 37" | ||||||||||||
| Results | |||||||||||||
| |||||||||||||
The 65th running of the Tour of Flanders cycling classic was held on Sunday, 5 April 1981. Dutch rider Hennie Kuiper claimed a solo victory ahead of his fellow Dutchmen Frits Pirard and Jan Raas. [1] [2] 45 of 184 riders finished. [3]
The race started in Sint Niklaas and finished in Meerbeke ( Ninove) – covering 267 km. There were 11 categorized climbs: [1]
| Rank | Rider | Team | Time |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 |
Hennie Kuiper (
NED)
|
Daf Trucks–Cote d'Or–Gazelle | 6h 32' 37" |
| 2 |
Frits Pirard (
NED)
|
Boule d'Or–Sunair–Colnago | + 1' 03" |
| 3 |
Jan Raas (
NED)
|
TI–Raleigh–Creda | + 1' 06" |
| 4 |
Jacques Bossis (
FRA)
|
Peugeot–Esso–Michelin | s.t. |
| 5 |
Jean-Luc Vandenbroucke (
BEL)
|
La Redoute–Motobecane | s.t. |
| 6 |
Roger De Vlaeminck (
BEL)
|
Daf Trucks–Cote d'Or–Gazelle | + 1' 13" |
| 7 |
Fons De Wolf (
BEL)
|
Vermeer Thijs–Mimo Salons–Gios | s.t. |
| 8 |
Sean Kelly (
IRL)
|
Splendor–Wickes | s.t. |
| 9 |
Stefan Mutter (
SUI)
|
Cilo–Aufina | s.t. |
| 10 |
Daniel Willems (
BEL)
|
Capri Sonne–Koga Miyata | s.t. |
- ^ a b Vanwalleghem, Rik (1991), De Ronde van Vlaanderen, Pinguin, Belgium, ISBN 90-73322-02-2, p 182
- ^ "Ronde van Vlaanderen 1981". siteducyclisme.net (in French). Retrieved 7 March 2016.
- ^ McGann, Bill; McGann, Carol. "1981 Ronde van Vlaanderen results". BikeRaceInfo. Cherokee Village, AR: McGann Publishing. Retrieved 7 March 2016.
- Video of the 1981 Tour of Flanders Archived 2015-09-30 at the Wayback Machine on Sporza (in Dutch)
|
| This Tour of Flanders race article is a stub. You can help Wikipedia by expanding it. |